Diet for upcoming cycle

[75th]

Like an old arthritis stricken woman, my body reacts poorly to carbs. Meaning they put on fat like theres no tomorrow. I tend to eat less than 90g per day, but I have an upcoming cycle of 500mg test e/week. This is what I was thinking:

I work out in the morning first thing, btw. My stats are 5'8, 180, 8%bf:

Meal 1: PWO Shake - 35g protein, 25g carbs

Meal 2: 16oz tuna and wheat pasta: 55g protein, 40g carbs

Meal 3: Roast beef hash with 5 eggs: 45g protein, 40g carbs

Meal 4: Same as above

Snack: Handful of peanuts, 5g protein, 5g carbs

Meal 5: 8oz grass fed ground beef: 45g protein, 5 carbs

Meal 6: Shake: 35g protein, 15g carbs

Total: 265g protein, 130 carbs. I dont care to count calories. I do consume a good amount of fat, but its all from EVOO with the tuna and the fat from the grass fed beef, which is a-o-k in my book.

I know some would say to up the carbs, but I would rather gain 8-12 completely lean pounds on this cycle rather than 15-20 "dirty" pounds. If I can drop bf that would be great as well.

Anyone have good experience keeping the carbs in check during a cycle while still gaining some good poundage?

 

[cobracock1979]

Why not count your cals? Count em bro

 

[75th]

Why not count your cals? Count em bro

If I'm keeping tabs on my protein, carbs, and fat I never really saw the point.

 

[cobracock1979]

Calorie surplus or deficit decides the amount of mass gained/ fat lost - cant really have a diet on point without this info IMO

 

[OneBreath]

What's the recipe for that roast beef hash with eggs? That shit sounds good.

As far as the cho goes with gains on cycle it really depends on the individual and type of training. I'm in your boat with the carbs and i can make up for this with low volume training (I DC train). High volume training requires a lot of muscle glycogen so that means you have to eat lots of carbs to maintain that type of training. But with lower volume you can get away with only taking in carbs around the workout. A lot of DC trainers can train well into contest prep on a CKD and still make gains on lifts while their higher volume counterparts find themselves going down on lifts as they drop their carbs.

So training is a big consideration.